The highly accessible Sensation and Perception presents a current and accurate account of modern sensation and perception from both a cognitive and neurocognitive perspective. To show students the relevance of the material to their everyday lives and future careers, authors Bennett L. Schwartz and John H. Krantz connect concepts to real-world applications, such as driving cars, playing sports, and evaluating risk in the military. Interactive Sensation Laboratory Exercises (ISLE) provide simulations of experiments and neurological processes to engage readers with the phenomena covered in the text and give them a deeper understanding of key concepts. The Second Edition includes a revamped version of the In Depth feature from the previous edition in new Exploration sections that invite readers to learn more about exciting developments in the field. Additionally, new Ponder Further sections prompt students to practice their critical thinking skills with chapter topics.
Bennett L. Schwartz received his PhD in 1993 from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. Since
then he has been at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida, where he is currently professor
of psychology. He is author or editor of 10 published books as well as over 70 journal articles and
chapters. His textbook Memory: Foundations and Applications, fourth edition (SAGE), was published in
2020. He has won several teaching awards at FIU and currently teaches courses in memory, cognition,
and sensation and perception. His main research area is metacognition and memory, but he has also
conducted research in diverse areas that range from visual perception to evolutionary psychology, to
the language of thought, and to memory in nonhuman primates. Schwartz currently serves as the editor
in chief of New Ideas in Psychology.
John H. Krantz received his psychology PhD from the University of Florida. After graduate school, he
worked in industry at Honeywell on visual factors related to cockpit displays. In 1990, he returned to
academia, taking a position at Hanover College. John has done extensive research in vision, human factors,
computers in psychology, and the use of the Web as a medium for psychological research. He has
been program chair and president of the Society for Computers in Psychology and editor of the journal
Behavior Research Methods. John was the first to develop Web experiments in psychological science and
led the way on techniques for sending multimedia via the Web. He has served as a faculty associate for
The Psychology Place, developing interactive learning activities, and created psychology’s first global
website for the Association for Psychological Science (APS). In addition, he is an author for both the
Cognitive Toolkit and PsychSim 6. John is well known for his widely used online psychological experiments
related to sensation, perception, and cognition. His current research is focused on using the Web
for psychological research and modeling the visual system.
